The most likely cause of the errors are a validation at the console for *BYPASS* to have the authority toissue the command. An ACF2 SECTRACE would show a VERIFY CREATE for userid *BYPASS*.

*BYPASS* is a standard z/OS default assigned when no other id (not even a batch default) is available to satisfy a signon request (a VERIFY call). In this case the VERIFY call is being made from DB2 in response to a DB2 console command. DB2 wants to make a check for SYSOPR against an id. Since no id is available, z/OS plugs in *BYPASS*.

One solution to the use of *BYPASS* would be to set SIGNON(REQUIRED) in the CONSOLXX member ofSYS1.PARMLIB and require that your consoles be signed on. In that way, there would always be a valid userid assigned to the console and that is the id that would be checked for SYSOPR authority.

Another solution to address the problem would be for sites to add a grant in DB2 for *BYPASS* with SYSOPR authority.

GRANT SYSOPR TO "BYPASS*"

NOTE: The USERID requires double quotes around it in order to protect the asterisks